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Dr Derek William Yalden, B.Sc., Ph.D. (4 November 1940 – 5 February 2013) was a zoologist and an Honorary Reader at the University of Manchester. After obtaining a 1st Class B.Sc. University College London in 1962, he completed his PhD on carpal bones in mammals at Royal Holloway College, under Prof. P. M. Butler, in 1965.〔''A Contribution to the Functional Morphology of the Mammalian Carpus'', 1966〕 He then worked as an Assistant Lecturer, and eventually Senior Lecturer, at the University of Manchester, School of Biological Sciences,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biography )〕 teaching vertebrate zoology. He retired from there in 2005, after 40 years' service.〔 He was president of The Mammal Society〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Derek Yalden has died | The Mammal Society )〕 from 1997 until his death, and edited their journal, ''Mammal Review'' from 1980-2002.〔 He authored or co-authored over 200 scientific publications.〔 ''Leptopelis yaldeni'', (grassland forest tree frog, named by M. Largen in 1977), and ''Desmomys yaldeni'' (Yalden's desmomys, a rodent named by L. Lavrenchenko in 2003) are named in his honour.〔 Both are endemic to Ethiopia. ==The Derek Yalden Fund== An expert in the mammals of the UK and of Ethiopia, Derek also took hundreds of students on field courses. To honour his memory, a fund has been set up to provide undergraduates from limited income families with financial support to help fund their field trips whilst studying at Manchester. 〔https://www.yourmanchester.manchester.ac.uk/NetCommunity/derekyalden〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Derek Yalden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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